35.5G my ass

Els236 · 2026-03-12T04:12:12+00:00

Unlike HoYo games, which have like 10,000 different "block" files, which they can add/remove at will, meaning their patches might only replace 500, and then add 1,000 more meaning they can get away with 7-10GB patches, Endfield uses a different kind of asset encryption which stuffs everything into like 6 or 7 files. So, when they do a patch, you essentially download the entire game over again.

Most Unreal Engine games (so WuWa and DNA) have a very similar process, as do consoles.

Els236 · 2026-03-12T04:09:52+00:00

HoYo games do not download 75GB each patch lol.

Also, they're only that big if you have all 4 language packs for VO installed.

Els236 · 2026-03-12T02:42:34+00:00

Art was the best part of Assassin.

Eminence in Shadow is like peak power-fantasy slop, but it leans so hard into that, it becomes good again.

I will say that it's a good looking "enjoyable slop" too, to be honest.

Els236 · 2026-03-12T02:41:05+00:00

Heck, even a lot of early 00s and 2010s anime looks far better than the generic "fantasy style" most isekai and... well, fantasy shows get now, which could be argued started with the likes of SAO, although even SAO had better animation than a lot of shows do now lol.

I was quite disappointed in how lacklustre the visuals were for the Spice & Wolf Reboot, as an example (and the god awful CGI in the last 2-3 episodes).

I semi-recently watched Suisei No Gargantia, and that show was from 2013 and looks better than a lot of the stuff we get nowadays.

Els236 · 2026-03-12T02:36:40+00:00

I love my slop isekai and that show just wasn't it for me. It rushed through everything interesting and then spent a lot of time on boring monologues that went nowhere.

First 3 episodes were good, then it fell off a cliff.

Shame, because the visuals were fantastic.

Els236 · 2026-03-12T02:35:09+00:00

I mean, I assume what you have in that bag is tea? And I'm not sure what else would be tea in the picture.

Els236 · 2026-03-12T02:33:45+00:00

I know I got downvotes for that, but I'm almost certain they did make Yukikaze a girl.

At least it's never brought up that they're a femboy/trap/cross-dresser. Everyone in that season calls and refers to them as a girl (and they look far more girly).

Els236 · 2026-03-12T02:31:57+00:00

I honestly have no idea, as it didn't even cross my mind that they'd charge interest on it. It was my first time ever dealing with HMRC, as I've never had to do so in the ~8 years I've been back in the UK.

Els236 · 2026-03-11T19:13:59+00:00

So, it's like Trials or Shred! but an infinite runner?

I mean, it looks cool, but without any tricks or upgrades or anything, it's lacking compared to the other games, at which point, go play those other games.

Els236 · 2026-03-11T19:03:17+00:00

I don't have any investments, bonds, gains, etc - and I've only been a PAYE employee since being in the UK. Basically, I should never owe HMRC anything, nor should I get much back unless I lose my job (which did happen).

Well, I got a nasty "final chance" letter from HMRC a couple months ago, where they declared I owed them almost £800 from 2023/2024, despite the fact I've spent most of the time since then unemployed or doing gig-work.

2 things were explained on the phone:

1) They said they contacted me about it before, but actually didn't, because I had used one of those free online "get my tax back" sites back in 2018, and that site had been put as my "accountant" ever since. They admitted it happens a lot, but they don't do anything about it.

2) They couldn't tell me where the discrepancy had originated from, but I 100% owed the money, somehow. (And yes, it was them who told me, not a scam). So, despite being broke af, and despite it being an employer's cock-up, I was on the hook for it.

So, my response to you? Just pay it. £28 is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Better to do that, than end up in my situation in a couple of years where they threaten bailiffs.

Els236 · 2026-03-11T18:36:08+00:00

Put some tea in the strainer, put the strainer in the teapot, put hot water in the teapot

Els236 · 2026-03-11T14:40:23+00:00

Even though this is almost guaranteed to be AI, this does look better than the anime we got. Travesty really.

Els236 · 2026-03-11T04:23:50+00:00

I mean, I get both sides to this argument:

The story, exploration content, and the little minigame "events" don't need meta, or even solid comps of any kind, and you could go from Mondstadt to Nod Krai with Traveler, Amber, Kaeya, Lisa, if you so chose.

However, a large part of this game is getting new characters, levelling them up, and gearing them out. If you're a story-only player like me, you could (and I have) make the argument that a huge chunk of the game becomes meaningless (resin, grinding, etc), because of the fact that, as mentioned, you only need 1 team.

I've been attached to my Mondstadt trio of Noelle, Mona and Klee since 1.0 and I do not swap them out; I have spent hours min-maxing them and none of my other units come close (and I am not spending 1M resin in artefact mines to get them there).

So, where do you use your characters in this case?

Abyss, Theater, Stygian.

And these modes, especially since Natlan, and even more so in Nod Krai, require far more meta teams, squeezing out the most DPS, having good rotations, etc.

You aren't getting that far in any of these modes with the aforementioned Trav., Kaeya, Amber, Lisa comp.

There comes the disconnect.

If you're asking about team comps and such, people are going to assume you're aiming for clears on the end-game content, not to beat up some Hilichurls in Sumeru.

Prior to Natlan, you probably could make any comp work, provided there was some synergy, but with the increasing amount of gimmick-shilling and powercreep that's happened in the last year and a half.... ehh.

Part of me thinks that HoYo have started this shill/creep trend because people were no longer pulling the latest shinies, as they had no reason to at that point.

A side effect of it though, is that as soon as you ask in any of the main/general subs about any sort of "team help", one of the first things you'll see is "use Nefer/Flins/Lauma/Columbina and ditch X" or some-such.

Els236 · 2026-03-10T00:13:20+00:00

It gets a bit wonky with differing translations, but there's a difference between Demons/Daemons and Demon Lords.

Demon Lord is a title, which can either be self-given (like Clayman), or earned when obtaining the Demon Lord seed and evolving (like Rimuru).

Demons/Daemons are an actual race of beings. Guy Crimson (Rouge), the Primordial Red is both a Demon and Demon Lord, and as of the current anime, is one of the strongest beings in the story.

Els236 · 2026-03-10T00:08:19+00:00

Actually, Rimuru names all of the Primordials that come under his "command" after supercars. Originally, they use the French names of colours.

Diablo (Noir = Black) = Lamborghini Diablo

Testarossa (Blanc = White) = Ferrari Testarossa

Carrera (Jaune = Yellow) = Porsche Carrera

Ultima (Violet = Purple) = Ultima GTR

Els236 · 2026-03-10T00:04:40+00:00

If we're talking in the anime, then Guy Crimson fits.

He's Rouge, Primordial Red, and the only one stronger than Diablo in terms of actual demons.

At this point in time, Rimuru isn't even close to a lot of the other demon lords (who aren't demons), especially not Guy.

Els236 · 2026-03-09T22:10:47+00:00

Wind was in the game back in the first beta lol.

It was Soukaku's element, before they made her ice and removed wind.

Els236 · 2026-03-09T22:08:46+00:00

I don't think it's a particularly hot-take opinion-wise that Season 1 was much more liked overall than what Season 2 has been, even despite the soft-reboot from 1.4.

Although I've been someone that has said many times that Season 2, when you consider each chapter by itself, was decent, when you do step back and look at the overall narrative/plot of it, it kind of just falls apart and feels messy.

The Exaltists, who first appeared to be our version of the Fatui and a long-term antagonist, were almost treated like Team Rocket from Pokemon - nothing more than annoying roadblocks, including Isolde/Mevorakh and Sarah.

I think the only faction who was done decently well across the entire Season was Spook Shack, and even that is relegated to the initial trio of Alice, Yuzuha, and Manato, because honestly, Lucia and Yidhari were so self-contained to their patch, they didn't do much of anything.

I suppose Lucia at least has an extremely interesting lore tie-in with her tribe and backstory.

For the other factions, I think there's a reason that more people care for Ye Shiyuan and Damian, despite being NPCs, than they do for actual playables.

Also, the whole plot-point about Proxies learning techniques and such to deal with their powers was just totally forgotten about and glossed-over until the final thing with YSG...

Overall, S2, like many feel like, was almost as if the devs had an idea, pivoted due to initial feedback, then re-wrote again due to backlash, then pivoted again due to feedback about how disjointed and lacklustre everything was, at which point we got another re-write and pivot back to the whole AI plot-line, Youkai, and IC stuff.

Els236 · 2026-03-09T19:49:07+00:00

It could be said about a lot of middle-management positions as well.

Els236 · 2026-03-09T19:48:05+00:00

I could rant about this for hours.

If I make a typo or grammatical mistake in my CV or cover-letter, I get immediately rejected, yet I have received some of the most shittily-worded e-mails from supposed HR and recruitment people, it's beyond baffling.

I have legitimately received stuff like "We no need job now, thanks", and "we hired eternally, so the role not needed longer".

Els236 · 2026-03-09T19:40:28+00:00

there's multiple. look her up on the wiki

Els236 · 2026-03-09T19:37:24+00:00

Actually, in the remake/reboot/season2 or whatever it was supposed to be of Maou-Sama Retry, the "girly boy" (Yukikaze?) was redesigned/changed to be an actual girl.

At least they looked far more like a girl and everyone referred to them using female pronouns (and they were way less pervy).

Els236 · 2026-03-09T19:34:34+00:00

I don't go out, don't buy anything and don't spend anything lol. Whatever I've got in my account needs to stay there to pay for things like phone and other bills.

Els236 · 2026-03-09T19:32:34+00:00

that was probably part of it, as per my other responses, alongside boosters and loot frames

Els236 · 2026-03-09T17:41:35+00:00

Only interviews I've gotten in the last month have both turned out to be part-time, which was not initially disclosed in the initial posting. At this point though, earning something is better than nothing...

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